For all those who may be interested in, here is the detailed information of the symposium that we will organize in Denmark next month. If you have any further question, feel free to ask me by email (shg.tanaka <a> gmail.com)
International symposium: "Civilization Dialogue between Europe and Japan"
Venue:
Tokai University European Center
Vedbaek Strandvej 476, 2950 Vedbaek, Denmark
http://www.u-tokai.dk/
Program:
[November 13th, Friday]
14:30-14:40 Welcome & Introduction
14:40-17:30 International Symposium: “Civilization Dialogue between Europe and Japan”
Peter Grønnegård (Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science)
Yoichi Hirano (Tokai University)
“A note on the possibility of a Civilization Dialogue: From a Trans-Disciplinary
Humanities perspective”
Nobutaka Kutsuzawa (Tokai University)
“The Takenouchi mission and Western culture: The introduction of the telegraph”
Peter Pantzer (University of Bonn)
“European perceptions of Japan”
18:00-20:00 Dinner
[November 14th, Saturday]
09:00-10:10 Keynote Lecture
Luca Tateo (Aalborg University)
“Some ideas on civilization from the cultural psychology’s viewpoint”
10:10-10:30 Coffee
10:30-12:30 Paper Session
Nana Miyata (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
“European views on Japan in the 17th century: The European perceptions of
Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the writings of Erasmus Francisci (1627-1694) and
Eberhard Werner Happel (1647-1690)”
Toru Hattori (Tokai University)
“An essay on the tourist gaze: Study on tourism from a trans-disciplinary viewpoint”
Yuki Takatori (Tokai University)
“Legitimacy of English domination and its relationship with linguistic and cultural diversity”
Ayano Hidaka (Tokai University)
“On Goethe’s criticism to Newton’s color theory”
Chiaki Genji (Tokai University)
“The influence of Nihon-Shikki (Japanese lacquer ware) imported to Europe”
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Workshop: “East-West Dialogue through the Body”
Shogo Tanaka (Tokai University)
“Reconsidering the self in Japanese culture from an embodied perspective”
Denis Francesconi (University of Verona)
“Embodiment in education: The case of meditative practices in Western society”
Tomoko Nakamura (Tokai University)
“The beauty of harmony: The case of Albrecht Dürer’s theory of human proportion”
Host:
Tokai University, Institute of Civilization Research
Tokai University European Center
